DrawingsItalian18th century

Pyramid of Cestius Near Rome

18th century

Artists

Giovanni Battista BusiriArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

17.3 × 23.7 cm (6 13/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Therese Kuhn Straus (Mrs. Herbert N. Straus), New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

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